Hauffiosaurus

Hauffiosaurus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
	Entire skeleton in ventral view of H. zanoni.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Pliosauridae
Genus:	†Hauffiosaurus; O'Keefe, 2001
Species
	†H. longirostris (Tate & Blake, 1876); †H. tomistomimus Benson et al., 2011; †H. zanoni O'Keefe, 2001 (type);
Synonyms
	Macroplata longirostris Tate & Blake, 1876; Plesiosaurus longirostris Tate & Blake, 1876;

Hauffiosaurus is an extinct genus of Early Jurassic (early Toarcian stage) pliosaurid plesiosaur known from Holzmaden of Germany and from Yorkshire of the United Kingdom. It was first named by Frank Robin O’Keefe in 2001 and the type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni. In 2011, two additional species were assigned to this genus: H. longirostris and H. tomistomimus.

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